I so enjoyed Yarn Quest 2013. It was wonderful to discover "new" knitting stores, make new friends and of course come home with some yummy yarn and new patterns!
My dear friend and I broke the Quest up into about three days. We went to Painted Trillium, Country Needleworks, JT Stitchery and A Grand Skein the first day. The second day we went to Henny's in Caledonia, Lady Peddler in Hastings, and Your Local Yarn Shop in Battle Creek. So much fun! The third day we went to Newaygo and discovered a lovely yarn shop, The New Ewe, run by some wonderful ladies. Grand Haven and Ada rounded out the Quest.
I made new friends, found a new knitting group and generally had a great time.
I am currently working on a shawl that was in time out since last year, a scarf from Yarn Quest, just needs to be bound off. I am working on a thank you gift for someone who did me a great kindness.
I haven't touched my spindle in quite awhile. I started and stopped with a couple of things. I think I am just in a knitting mood for the time being. I recently joined Plurk; I am making some new friends over there too.
On the home and family front we have found a new church after 18 months of searching. After two weeks we felt home. I am already on a praise team and will sing on June 9 for the first time! I joined the choir as well. The grandkidlets had a great time their first Sunday.
School will be out in 6 school days. I am so ready for the school morning rush to be done with! Now to find things to keep them occupied for the summer!
I've backed off from the business idea for now. I have some things cooking. One thing I am thinking about is knitting photo props. I know quite a few very good photographers who take beautiful baby pictures. I will have to take a poll and see what kinds of things they are interested in!
Currently I am resting my knee after some overly exuberant gardening. Lots of knitting on tap for the next couple of days. It's already much less swollen. I get up and putter around and then come back to my chair.
Life is good.
